This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I created several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers (see full list below). I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
Current totals by data source
Current totals by date accuracy
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum - 22336 items; Sjöhistoriska museet - 11809 items; Bohusläns museum - 7936 items; Vänersborgs museum - 7561 items; Kulturarv Västernorrland - 4090 items; Rijksmuseum - 3241 items; Tekniska museet - 2444 items; Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden - 2317 items; Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum - 2007 items; Miliseum - 1287 items; Örebro läns museum - 1254 items; Flygvapenmuseum - 1058 items; ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - 1042 items; Marinmuseum - 735 items; Skansen - 629 items; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library - 579 items; Riksantikvarieämbetet - 381 items; Stiftelsen Nordiska museet - 288 items; Historisch Museum Ede - 254 items; Stedelijk Museum Zutphen - 221 items; Ajuntament de Girona - 106 items; CODA Museum - 103 items; INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest - 103 items; Upplandsmuseet - 102 items; The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland - 95 items; Aaltense Musea - 58 items; Stadsmuseum Harderwijk - 56 items; Sundsvalls museum - 50 items; National library of Montenegro "Đurđe Crnojević" - 44 items; Länsmuseet Gävleborg - 37 items; Nederlands Openluchtmuseum - 31 items; Vasamuseet - 28 items; Images of Old Cluj - 27 items; Nederlands Tegelmuseum - 20 items; Postmuseum - 18 items; Δήμος Τρίπολης - 11 items; Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem - 9 items; Cluj County Library - 9 items; Slovak National Library - 8 items; Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs - 7 items; Stadskasteel Zaltbommel - 7 items; Stichting Liemers Museum - 6 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus - 4 items; Žemaičių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" - 3 items; Deventer Musea - 3 items; NOC*NSF - 3 items; Nationalmuseum, Sweden - 2 items; Wikimedia Commons Community - 2 items; Lietuvos švietimo istorijos muziejus / Museum of Lithuanian Education History - 2 items; Rippl-Rónai Megyei Hatókörű Városi Múzeum - Kaposvár - 2 items; Museum Elburg - 1 items; National Library of Bulgaria - 1 items; Horniman Museum and Gardens - 1 items; jNederlands Openluchtmuseum - 1 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus / Lithuanian Art Museum - 1 items; Kauno IX forto muziejus / Kaunas 9th Fort Museum - 1 items; A. Baranausko ir A. Vienuolio-Žukausko memorialinis muziejus / Antanas Baranauskas and Antanas Vienuolis-Žukauskas Memorial Museum - 1 items; Slot Loevestein - 1 items; Museon - 1 items
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives - 1730 items; The Library of Congress - 1093 items; SMU Libraries Digital Collections - 1038 items; State Library and Archives of Florida - 912 items; State Library of Queensland, Australia - 891 items; Cornell University Library - 840 items; bibliothequedetoulouse - 821 items; Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons - 567 items; Swedish National Heritage Board - 559 items; National Library of Ireland on The Commons - 494 items; State Library of New South Wales collection - 402 items; Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums - 385 items; MissouriStateArchives - 371 items; National Library of Australia Commons - 295 items; NASA on The Commons - 262 items; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums - 249 items; National Library of Norway - 229 items; Royal Australian Historical Society - 216 items; Deseronto Archives - 183 items; Provincial Archives of Alberta - 177 items; Powerhouse Museum Collection - 170 items; UW Digital Collections - 123 items; National Library NZ on The Commons - 123 items; UA Archives | Upper Arlington History - 114 items; National Library of Scotland - 105 items; Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest - 89 items; Australian War Memorial collection - 88 items; Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons - 78 items; National Archives of Estonia - 67 items; Museum of Photographic Arts Collections - 64 items; Stockholm Transport Museum Commons - 61 items; Liberas / Liberaal Archief - 59 items; National Museum of Denmark - 55 items; Costică Acsinte Archive - 49 items; The Gallen-Kallela Museum - 46 items; Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle - 46 items; Museum of Hartlepool - 45 items; George Eastman Museum - 33 items; San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives - 32 items; The National Archives UK - 31 items; tyrrellhistoricallibrary - 29 items; Preus museum - 27 items; Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane - 21 items; OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons - 21 items; The Finnish Museum of Photography - 20 items; National Science and Media Museum - 17 items; Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University - 9 items; Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol - 7 items; Smithsonian Institution - 4 items; Getty Research Institute - 4 items; Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland - 4 items; The British Library - 2 items; Camden Public Library (Maine) - 2 items; Center for Jewish History, NYC - 1 items; Kalamazoo Public Library - 1 items; Aalto University Library and Archive Commons - 1 items;
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The website code and generated data is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please (subject to any restrictions as imposed by the content and toolset providers).
A Description of the Engagement on Lake Champlain. Text in English below image.
23 Dec 1776
National Maritime Museum
No.1. Thetis on shore near Currituck Inlet, North Carolina Dec 23rd 1794... Cleopatra at anchor near her. Thisbe and Lynx answering private signals. Signed by artist and dated.
1795
National Maritime Museum
The Death of Admiral Lord Nelson - in the moment of Victory (caricature). Gillray’s response to Nelson’s death at Trafalgar was this brilliantly ironic print showing him collapsed on the deck of the ‘Victory’, eyes rolling upward,
Published 29 December 1805
National Maritime Museum
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'Journal des dames et des modes : réuni …' 1824-12-23
23 December 1824
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Henry Clay's Resolutions on the Removal of Deposits from the Bank of the United States, 12/23/1833
Taken 23 Dec 1833
The U.S. National Archives
HMS Terror in a heavy gale with a snow drift at the Entrance to the Frozen Strait 22/23 Dec 1836. Medium includes graphite and ink. See also BHC3655.
1836
National Maritime Museum
Programma voor de Begravenis van wijlen zijne majesteit Koning Willem Frederik, graaf van Nassau
23 December 1843
Rijksmuseum
Unnamed 70ft, 160 ton Cutter. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with half stern board outline, section, sheerlines, and longitudinal half-breadth for an unnamed 70ft, 160 ton Cutter.
23 December 1847
National Maritime Museum
Modeprent (in kleur) uit 'La mode illustrée' 1866-12-23
23 December 1866
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Boutiques d\'artisans au rez-de-chaussée d\'habitations aux façades roses, au premier plan à droite, marchand d\'objets en cuivre (enseigne: Indian Curios Art Manufacturers Moula), Jaipur, Indes, A 4 194
23 décembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Cénotaphe converti en habitation pour indigents, Amber, Indes, A 68 917 X
23 décembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Garde du palais (?), Amber, Indes, A 4 187
23 décembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Intérieur de mosquée , à gauche, vue partielle du mihrab, niche symbolisant la présence du Prophète et indiquant la direction de la Mecque, Jaipur, Indes, A 4 197
23 décembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Intérieur de mosquée : le décor du mihrab, niche symbolisant la présence du Prophète et indiquant la direction de la Mecque, Jaipur, Indes, A 4 199
23 décembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Intérieur de mosquée, Jaipur, Indes, A 4 198
23 décembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Intérieur du temple Jagat Shiromani dédié à Krishna, Amber, Indes, A 4 186
23 décembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le palais-forteresse des souverains d\'Amber, Amber, Indes, A 4 184
23 décembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Les remparts crénelés du palais-forteresse, Amber, Indes, A 4 183
23 décembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Panorama sur la bourgade et le site environnant, Amber, Indes, A 4 430
23 décembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
un éléphant (sur l\'esplanade du palais?), Amber, Indes, A 4 189
23 décembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Une mosquée, Jaipur, Indes, A 4 446
22-23 décembre 1913
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Captain Ralph George Griffiths Cumine-Robson , Royal Engineers
Died 23 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Ralph George Griffiths Robson (or Cumine-Robson). Unit: Corps of Indian Miners and Sappers, attached to 3rd Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 23 December 1914 Killed in action near Neuve Chapelle Western Front
Died 23 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Anderson Lempriere DSO. Unit: 7th Battalion (Princess Royals) Dragoon Guards. Death: 23 December 1914
Died 23 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Douglas Holme Wiggin , Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 23 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant George Lewis Sparrow. Unit: 3rd Battalion, South Wales Borderers, attached to 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Death: 23 December 1914 Died of wounds received on 20 December1914 Western Front
Died 23 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Ian Maclean Macandrew MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Death: 23 December 1914 Festubert Western Front
Died 23 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Lewis George Sparrow , South Wales Borderers attached King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 23 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles William Parkes 2431, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 23 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Mark Vaux 2455, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 23 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) Douglas Holme Wiggin. Unit: 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 23 December 1914 Died of wounds. Wounded near Festubert on 21 December. Western Front
Died 23 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
23 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
23 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
23 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
23 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
23 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
23 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
23 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
23 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
23 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Mervyn Roach 1191, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 23 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Solomon Sherwood 1802, Royal Lancaster Regiment
Died 23 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Roland Aubrey Leighton , Worcestershire Regiment
Died 23 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lt Leighton interrupted his studies at Oxford University to enlist. He died, aged 19, of wounds received in the trenches at Hebuterne on 23 December 1915. Lt Leighton was the fiance of Vera Brittain, author of 'Testament of Youth' in which she describe
Died 23 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
M E Wilson, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty 23 December 1915.
Died 23 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Evan John Jones 24767, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 23 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Harold Ferguson 15097, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 23 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private John Richard Douglas Scott 50911, Canadian Forces
Died 23 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private William Thomas Burgoyne 3611, 7th Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 23 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Joseph Halley 9160, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 23 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Sister Myrtle Elizabeth Wilson , Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Died 23 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Alfred Abbott 15621, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 23 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private William Carpenter Tilley 19430, Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 23 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant Norman Farquhar Bruce Huon 2592. Unit: 18th Reinforcements, 8th Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 December 1916 Killed in action at El Arish Egypt
Died 23 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Trooper Norman Farquhar Bruce Huon 2592, 8th Light Horse Regiment
Died 23 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Company Sergeant Major Robert Alfred John Ouzman 593131, London Regiment
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Henry Loney 5851, British West Indies Regiment
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Engineer Lieutenant Commander David Duncan Cuninghame , HMS Marlborough
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Engineer Lieutenant Commander David Duncan Cuninghame. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Surprise. Death: 23 December 1917 Killed in action in the North Sea North Sea
Died 23 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Flight Sub-Lieutenant Douglas Ross Cameron Wright , Royal Naval Air Service
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Flt Sub-Lieutenant Thomas Malcomson Greeves PI 40371, Royal Naval Air Service
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant George Herbert Whyte MC. Unit: 2nd/18th Battalion, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles). Death: 23 December 1917 Killed in Action in Jerusalem Palestine
Died 23 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Stanley James Young , Royal Flying Corps
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant-Commander Frederick Archibald Warner, D.S.O. ,
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Albert Douglas Melvin Chapman 592875, 18th London Regiment
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Henry James Whiting 703053, London Regiment
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Percy Burton 38622, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Joseph Stephenson 4135, British West Indies Regiment
Died 23 December 1917
Lives of the First World War